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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

3,212 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 161

Motor Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 6

While crossing Market Street, near Elizabeth Street, city, shortly before 7 o'clock on Saturday night, John Robert Atkinson (35), of Carlotta Street,…

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Found Drowned. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 10

John Arnold, aged 45, who resided in [?] street, Glebe, Hobart, was found drowned in the Derwent on Saturday. He was a married man, and had been missing from home since…

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Drunken Driver Involved in Collision

Evening News · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 8

[?] 43. was fined [?] or 14 days [?] at the Central to-day on a charge of having been under the influence of liquor while…

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"Medal Mystery" Beaurepaire's Attitude Echo of Coogee Fatality

The Sun · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 7

The attitude of Frank Beaurepaire, the champion swimmer, in refusing to call at the Melbourne Town Hall to receive the Surf Life-saving Association's meritorious service medal for the part he played in the rescue of Milton Coughlan from the jaws of…

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DIVED 20 Feet Runaway Car Driver Injured

Evening News · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 5

Travelling down Willoughby-road, Narembur, in a car, at 5.15 a.m. to-day. Leshe Goldberg, of Ashley-street, Chatswood lost…

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Train Smash. Fireman Killed. Driver and Passenger Injured. Engine Overturned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 9

A sensational train smash, attended, in the case of a fireman, with fatal results, and with serious injuries in the case of one of the engine-drivers and a passenger, occurred at…

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Casualties. Fatal Motor Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 10

While crossing the road at the intersection of Market and Elizabeth streets, early on Saturday night, John Robert Atkinson, 38, of Carlotta-street, Greenwich, was knocked down…

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Accident to Fettler. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 10

A fettler named Albert Gibson was badly injured while riding on a railway tricycle this morning. Approaching Katoomba from the west he encountered a delayed goods…

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Mine Accident Broken Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 7

W. M'Kenzie. a well-known footballer, while barring down ground at the 300ft. level, was struck on the back and head by falling rock, and sustained a compound…

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Collision with a Cow Fatal Racing Accident Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 4

Racing at a picnic meeting at Charleville a horse ridden by John Clarke Armstrong, aged 30, son of Mr. John Armstrong, of Raceview Statio.,…

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Devil Loose Two Men Injured ROCKHAMPTON

The Sun · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 15

What is known as the forest devil is a very necessary adjunct on a farm which abounds in stumps or trees. It is not related to the Tasmanian devil,…

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Bauloora Smash Injured Man's Grit Cootamundra

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 4

The burial of Fireman Phitzner, who was killed in the Bauloora railway accident on Saturday, took place this morning. Mr. Macdougall, the…

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Motor Accident. Car Over Embankment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 9

Mr.Leon Goldberg of Bettygold, Ashleystreet, Chatswood, met with a serious accident while motoring along the Willough by[?] road, Naremburn, shortly after 5 o'clock…

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Train Derailed Accidents at Picton--PICTON

The Sun · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 9

A goods train from Goulburn was derailed at Picton near the viaduct at 6.45 p.m. yesterday, and did considerable damage to the permanent…

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Railway Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 14

John James Ormerod, an elderly man of independent means, who resided in Garfield-street, Wentworthville, was found lying dead on the railway line between Seven Hills and…

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Motor Smash Five Injured ADELAIDE

The Sun · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 3

A pleasure trip by a party of young people came to a disastrous end at Balaclava on Monday evening. A motor car driven by Mr. Broad, of…

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Level-crossing Accident. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 14

Donald M'Clure was killed and a companion, Harry Albert Power, seriously injured as the result of a railway accident, which occurred last night. The two men were driving a cart…

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Unguarded Saw Factory Fatality Sequel

The Sun · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 7

A sequel to a fatal accident in a Glebe factory, in which a man was killed through having been struck by a piece of wood thrown back by a…

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Serious Motor Accident. Acting Secretary of Montefiore Home Injured

The Australian Jewish Chronicle · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 10

On the morning of Tuesday last Mr. Louis Goldberg, who is the proprietor of a motor business in the city, and Acting Secretary of…

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